From pregnancy

Happy Easter!

So, you may have noticed that I’ve been a bit quiet lately and there is a reason why……we have another little bunny on the way, due in August! We’re really excited and now that the sickness has passed (fingers crossed!) it should be onwards and upwards from here. Pregnancy has been a bit different this time around, not so much time for rest and pregnancy yoga (I didn’t enjoy that enough!) and more time spent chasing after a toddler! Hetty says ‘there’s a baby in Mummy’s tummy’ and likes to kiss and tickle my bump, she’s been extra caring towards me and keeps telling me to be careful!!….funny how little ones seem to have some kind of instinct about it all.

I’ll be shooting Maternity, Newborn and Family sessions up until the end of May so please get in touch if you would like to do a shoot before I go on maternity leave.

Hope you all have a great Easter and eat lots of chocolate!

Lots of love,

Laura xx

2016: Family & Photography

2016 was packed full of love and I was invited along to capture it all! Family has always been at the heart of what I do, it’s the reason I love my job so much and last year it shone through more than ever. I met some lovely new families, caught up with some familiar faces and we even started a little family of our own with the arrival of Hetty!

Juggling Hetty and my photography meant it was definitely a year of multi-tasking…..I learnt to edit with Hetty strapped to me in a baby carrier, I fed her in between speeches at a wedding and travelled to Italy with her at 3 months old to photograph a family wedding!

2016 was full of love, chaos and fun…..and I wouldn’t have had it any other way.

Thanks for a great year!

Laura x

Behind the scenes…..

I discovered a new way of editing

Exploring the streets of Malcesine, Italy

Chilling by the pool in Ibiza while mummy’s working!

Thanks to Jack and to our families for your help and support, love you all loads xxx

Chiswick House Maternity Shoot

Congratulations to this lovely family on the safe arrival of their gorgeous baby girl and new little sister to Sofia! It was such a special time to capture, the last few weeks before they were about to become a family of 4. We spent a fun morning at Chiswick House which was the perfect setting for their maternity shoot with beautiful surroundings and lots of space for Sofia to run around and watch the ducks! We took a lovely walk around the gardens while I captured some natural shots then we all warmed up with coffee and croissants in the cafe…..a great way to end the shoot!

Harpenden Maternity Shoot

When Nicki got in touch to book an outdoor Maternity Shoot near her home in Harpenden we looked for a location with a big open space where little Tilly could run around and have fun. We decided on Nomansland Common, between Wheathampstead and Sandridge, and arrived on a sunny morning to find lots of pretty yellow flowers which matched their outfits perfectly!! Tilly spent the morning running through the grass, playing peek-a-boo and picking flowers for her mum!…..a lovely way to capture some relaxed, natural shots of her with her mum before a new little brother or sister arrives.

Chelsea Maternity Shoot with Jojo Maman Bébé

The sun was shining, the blossom was in full bloom….a perfect day for an outdoor maternity shoot in Chelsea! I’ve had the idea of doing a shoot in Chelsea for a while now and when a collaboration for a street style shoot with JoJo Maman Bébé came up it was the perfect location! Emily was the model for the day, we worked together previously in Beauty & Fashion PR and she now writes for her blog blogmebeautiful. It was great to meet up and work together again, I scouted locations while Emily selected some gorgeous outfits from the JoJo Maman Bébé Spring/Summer 2015 collection, we had a fun afternoon catching up and creating some gorgeous natural maternity images….

Fine Art Prints

It was my friend’s baby shower at the weekend and as a gift I printed some of the images from her recent maternity shoot, they came beautifully packaged and I was really impressed with the quality, I was so pleased with them that I’ve decided to offer them as part of my product range. The Fine Art Prints are 7×5 inches and come in a set of 6, printed to the very best quality on beautiful fine art paper chosen to last a lifetime, carefully hand wrapped and presented in a made-to-measure kraft presentation box. If you have a shoot booked or have previously had a shoot with me and would like some gorgeous fine art prints these are available to you so please get in touch!

Laura x

Maternity Shoot in London Chelsea

This week I photographed a collaboration maternity shoot in London Chelsea with JoJo Maman Bébé and lovely Emily from www.blog-me-beautiful.com. The images are under wraps for now but I can share with you a few shots of Emily in her ‘model’s own’ outfit taken at the end of the shoot. We found a quiet little mews just off the King’s Road, it was lined with gorgeous white town houses and a white brick wall which made the perfect backdrop. Emily looks so amazing pregnant, love her maternity style!….. it’s not surprising that passers-by kept stopping to say how gorgeous she looked!